Opera 11 Released with Extension Support and Tab Stacking

Opera 11 Stable version has been released with many new features most notable of which is extension support that has been missing from it for quite a time.

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Get Synapse, New Quick launcher for Ubuntu That Uses Zeitgeist

Synapse is a new quick launcher for Linux that can be used to quickly find and launch relevant applications, documents and files by making use of Zeitgeist engine. 

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Easily Find Subtitles for Any Video with Periscope

Periscope is a python module that searches subtitles for any given video on many online services and tries to find a correct match. It comes with an easy command line interface as well as a nautilus extension so that you can download subtitles with a simple right click.

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Command Line Fun: Magic 8 Ball in Your Terminal

Need some advice or want to know an answer to a question that is bugging you for some time? You can use Magic 8 Ball for some guidance or fortune telling but need not to have a real one. You can do it in your terminal with a python script.

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Get a $300 Drone and Fly It Using Ubuntu

Love Drones and Helicopters that you can fly from your garden or rooftop from a remote control? Got Ubuntu? You are in for a treat.

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Got a Copy of Good Old 'Duke Nukem 3D'? Play It Natively on Ubuntu with High Resolution Pack

Duke Nukem series has been greatly popular in past one and half decade. Though there were no new games for some time, the macho Duke is back as showcased in demo of Duke Nukem Forever at PAX 10 bursting pigheaded aliens with his gun. 

While there is still time for the game to come, in the meantime you can go back to all time classic Duke Nukem 3D and play it on Linux like a native game. 

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How to Install and Play Popular Game 'True Combat: Elite' on Ubuntu

True Combat Elite (TCE) is total conversion of the popular free multiplayer game Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory. TCE is a tactical-team shooter, set up in a modern-world environment. It puts you into the role of elite mercenary soldier in the conflicts of two internationally operating forces.

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Banshee and LibreOffice Considered to be Default Applications for Ubuntu 11.04

Banshee is considered to be a potential replacement for Rhythmbox for Ubuntu 11.04 provided that it can overcome the disk space requirements and is able to fit into 1 CD Ubuntu.

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New Steel Storm Patch Brings Improved Gamepad Support and New Difficulty Modes

Steel Storm is a 3D top down shooter in which you control a special hover-tank with an aim to eliminate hordes of enemies. We covered the game in our post few days back, that you can read from here

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Simple Command Line Utility to Upload and Download files from Megaupload and Rapidshare

Plowshare is a simple command line utility to upload and download files from file hosting services.

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Naev: Space Trading and Combat Game Similar to Escape Velocity with RPG Elements

Naev is a 2D space trading and combat game similar to Escape Velocity, many of you may have played before. Escape Velocity which have a huge fan following, inspired many games and NAEV is one of them. A note about the game from official page:

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How To Find Servers and Hundreds of Online Players for Popular Linux FPS Game Urban Terror

Urban Terror is one of the most popular Linux multi-player first person shooter (FPS) game played by hundreds of players daily. The cross-platform game that runs on Windows and Mac as well comes with many multiplayer game modes like team survivor, team deathmatch, capture the flag, capture and hold etc.

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Script to Download All Videos from a Youtube User and Make a DVD

Dvdtube is a python script to download all videos from a youtube user/channel and make a DVD from it. The script is quite easy to use with simple commands for specifying various parameters like the format of DVD or displaying the list of the urls of the videos uploaded by the user.

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OSD Lyrics PPA Updated with Ubuntu 10.10 Packages

Popular lyrics display utility OSD Lyrics has been updated with packages for Ubuntu 10.10. 

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Minitube 1.2 Released With Support for Video Downloads

Minitube desktop client for Youtube, got a new release that brings support for downloading videos. The feature was much requested by the users and the developers did not disappoint them. For those who don't know, a small note about it from the website:

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GetDeb and PlayDeb Updated With Ubuntu 10.10 Packages

GetDeb and PlayDeb repositories that hosts many applications and games not included in official repositories and updated versions of many packages, has been updated with packages for Ubuntu 10.10. You can now add these sources to your list.

Add GetDeb repository from here

Add PlayDeb repository from here

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Ubuntu Tweak 0.5.7 Released with New Ubuntu 10.10 PPAs

Ubuntu Tweak developer TualatriX announced today a new version - 0.5.7 as a gift to the Ubuntu 10.10 users on his blog. The new version comes with lots of bug fixes and updated PPAs for many applications so that Maverick users can have one-click install of their favorite apps.

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Key-Mon Shows Live Keyboard and Mouse Strokes for Teaching and Screencasts

Key-Mon is a small but handy application for Ubuntu that shows keypresses and mouse clicks in real time while you do your work. The application can be useful for teaching or making screencats. 

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GMapCatcher, An Offline Google and OpenStreet Maps Viewer

GMapCatcher is an offline map viewer utility that allows users to view maps without a need of Internet connection once they are loaded. The application supports many different services:

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FreetuxTV Lets You Watch and Record Live TV Shows on Linux

FreetuxTV is a TV player for Linux that lets you watch free Web TV Channels and listen to Radio. The application that runs on VLC as backend comes with lots of pre-added channels for many languages. 

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